Hemo-Dynamics

Hemo-Dynamics

Zamir, Mair

186,16 €(IVA inc.)

This book is devoted specifically to the dynamics of blood flow but it includes the required mathematical, physical, and biological background material on fluids and fluid flow in general. It aides the practicing clinician in his or her search for answers with clear explanatory text tailored specifically for the non-mathematical reader, as well as providing equations and formulas. To the mathematician, the physicist and the engineer, the book will provide a useful compilation of those equations and formulas in a single source.
It is remarkable how readily we accept the proposition that blood is the essence of life, our life. Yet we miss the point. The essence of life is not blood, it is blood flow. When the heart stops beating, the body dies not because of lack of blood but because of lack of blood flow. Blood flow, and fluid flow in general, is as ubiquitous in nature as it is essential to life. Not even in the realm of science fiction can we imagine a form of life without fluids and fluid flow.

In a departure fr
om the author’s previous two Springer titles, The Physics of Pulsatile Flow (2000) and The Physics of Coronary Blood Flow (2005), Hemo-Dynamics distinguishes itself by aiming to make the subject accessible to readers ranging in background from the clinical to the mathematical. The book may serve as a textbook for students at the graduate or undergraduate level, or as a resource companion for researchers. For all readers, the book will provide a glimpse into the extraordinary way in which biology has made use of (or indeed invented?) the unique properties of fluids and fluid flow in the service of hemo-dynamics.

  • ISBN: 978-3-319-24101-2
  • Editorial: Springer
  • Encuadernacion: Cartoné
  • Fecha Publicación: 30/10/2015
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés